Macrosaldula variabilis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 49

Macrosaldula variabilis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

= Acanthia variabilis var. connectens Horváth, 1888

Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: Antalya province: 80 km NE of Antalya, BeŞkonak, Köprülü canyon, 7.ix.1992, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) ; Köprü Çayı [stream], Köprülü canyon Nat. Park , BeŞkonak (N 37°09' E 31°12'), Köprü Çayı [stream], 24.iv.2004, 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) . Aksaray province: Güzelyurt env., Ihlara , 23.vi.1993, 1 ♂, P. Bílek lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Ankara province: AyaŞ, 17.vii.1947, 1 ♂, Exp. N . Mus. ČSR, N.N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Önder et al. (1984, 2006).

Asian Turkey. Lindberg (1922b, as Saldula v.), Hoberlandt (1952a, as Saldula v., revised!), Seidenstücker (1964, as Saldula v.), Lindskog (1995), Önder et al. (2006); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Cobben (1960, as Saldula v. variabilis and S. v. connectens ), Cobben (1968, revised), Péricart (1990, as revised), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. Central and southern Europe, Ukraine (Crimea), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Anatolia, Transcaucasia, Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Iran ( Lindskog 1995, Carapezza 1997, Protić 1998).

Identification. Cobben (1960, 1985), Péricart (1990), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000).